HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080133780
Bassin de Río Surupá
A watershed (drainage basin) is not a body of water — it is the land area where rainfall converges towards a single river that eventually reaches the sea (or an endorheic basin). Boundaries follow ridgelines.
Crosses 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Amajari, Angostura, Sucre
Sub-basin area
789km²
Upstream area
789km²
Discharge
45,68m³/s
Mean elev.
685m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 770.7 km²98.1% of basin
- 12.2 km²1.6% of basin
- 2.6 km²0.3% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Sur del Estado Bolívar
IUCN VIProtective Zone (ZP)
780.69 km² overlap
Caura
IUCN IINational Park (PN)
479.51 km² overlap
Cerro Ichum y Cerro Guanacoco
IUCN IIINatural Monument (MN)
444.44 km² overlap
Sierra Marutani
IUCN IIINatural Monument (MN)
169.18 km² overlap
Yanomami
IUCN Not ReportedIndigenous Area
2.03 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 distinct species · 10 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
23,5°C
Annual rain
2 850mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,41
Runoff
1 818mm/an
PET
1 670mm
AET
1 657mm
Mean slope
7,5°
Water table
290cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)